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By Jeff Turner
Dec 28, 2020
A report put out by Disability Rights Nebraska revealed blind spots in how Nebraska has taken care of people with disabilities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This report documents our investigation for the last nine months, particularly focusing on congregate living facilities,” said Legal Services Director of Disability Rights Nebraska Tania Diaz.
Disability Rights Nebraska, is, as is stated on their website, A protection and Advocacy system for people with disabilities in our state. This includes intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities and people with mental illness. Founded in 1970, as a subset of the Citizen Advocacy Program, Disability Rights Nebraska is mostly federally funded - with only a few hundred thousand coming from the state of Nebraska. They normally monitor institutional facilities to ensure people with disabilities work in equitable conditions, but with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic ....

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